Yusuf Circle Sheffield

Amr ibn Al-Aas (ra), Session 47 The Fox of The Arabs  The Battle of Yarmook The Wall of Khalid (ra) & his Men Day 6, The Day of Raging Conflagration The Armenians disintegrate due to a 3 pronged attack, Khalid (ra) does not pursue those who flee. The fleeing Romans labour up a road on the western bank of a ravine. At the top, the Romans see a lean young warrior naked above the waist, Dhirar (ra). Yet the Romans refuse to surrender. It was dark when the Romans finally ceased to move. The next day Khalid (ra) pursues Vahan, Jabla escapes and eventually embraces the faith. An elderly man explains the defeat to Heraclius, 'They stand in Salah at night and Fast all day, they fulfill their promises, they enjoin the good and forbid the evil and are just towards each other. Whereas we consume wine, fornicate, we do the prohibited, we break our promises, we rob, we oppress, we enjoin the forbidden and we spread anarchy upon the earth' (Ibn Asaakir). Heraculis departs Syria, Farewell to you O Syria, Farewell fro